Lieut. Colonel Sylvan TerBush honorably discharged on July 19, 1865 from Michigan Volunteer 10th Infantry Regiment. Entered service in Company H, 10th Infantry at organization as 1st Lieutenant on October 4, 1861 at Pontiac for three years, age 26. Commissioned to date October 1, 1861. Mustered February 6, 1862. Commissioned Captain of Company C on March 31, 1863. Mustered 1864. Wounded in action at Jonesboro, GA on September 1, 1864. Discharged to accept promotion on June 21, 1865. Commissioned to Major on May 20, 1865. Mustered June 22, 1865. Commissioned to Lieutenant Colonel on June 7, 1865. Mustered out at Louisville, KY on February 19, 1865. He was the son of James Alexander TerBush and Eliza Davison. He was also a member of the Masonic Order.
Flint Journal - September 5, 1908
TENTH MICHIGAN REUNION
Only fifty members of the original company are left. It is said of the gallant troops that on April 22, 1862 left this city for the front in command of Captain Lum, some time since deceased. The president of the regimental association is Sylvan TerBush of Pontiac, the only commissioned officer alive today. While Bivouaked in Flint from 1861 to 1862, the troops were camped on what was formerly known as the old burying ground, now the site of the Webster plant of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company on the Richfield Road.
Flint Journal - September 5, 1908
TENTH MICHIGAN REUNION
Only fifty members of the original company are left. It is said of the gallant troops that on April 22, 1862 left this city for the front in command of Captain Lum, some time since deceased. The president of the regimental association is Sylvan TerBush of Pontiac, the only commissioned officer alive today. While Bivouaked in Flint from 1861 to 1862, the troops were camped on what was formerly known as the old burying ground, now the site of the Webster plant of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company on the Richfield Road.
Lieut. Colonel Sylvan TerBush honorably discharged on July 19, 1865 from Michigan Volunteer 10th Infantry Regiment. Entered service in Company H, 10th Infantry at organization as 1st Lieutenant on October 4, 1861 at Pontiac for three years, age 26. Commissioned to date October 1, 1861. Mustered February 6, 1862. Commissioned Captain of Company C on March 31, 1863. Mustered 1864. Wounded in action at Jonesboro, GA on September 1, 1864. Discharged to accept promotion on June 21, 1865. Commissioned to Major on May 20, 1865. Mustered June 22, 1865. Commissioned to Lieutenant Colonel on June 7, 1865. Mustered out at Louisville, KY on February 19, 1865. He was the son of James Alexander TerBush and Eliza Davison. He was also a member of the Masonic Order.
Flint Journal - September 5, 1908
TENTH MICHIGAN REUNION
Only fifty members of the original company are left. It is said of the gallant troops that on April 22, 1862 left this city for the front in command of Captain Lum, some time since deceased. The president of the regimental association is Sylvan TerBush of Pontiac, the only commissioned officer alive today. While Bivouaked in Flint from 1861 to 1862, the troops were camped on what was formerly known as the old burying ground, now the site of the Webster plant of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company on the Richfield Road.
Flint Journal - September 5, 1908
TENTH MICHIGAN REUNION
Only fifty members of the original company are left. It is said of the gallant troops that on April 22, 1862 left this city for the front in command of Captain Lum, some time since deceased. The president of the regimental association is Sylvan TerBush of Pontiac, the only commissioned officer alive today. While Bivouaked in Flint from 1861 to 1862, the troops were camped on what was formerly known as the old burying ground, now the site of the Webster plant of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company on the Richfield Road.
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